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Grange Court
Grange Court
	Grange Court station as it appears today but the platforms have been removed.
General information
Location	Northwood Green, Forest of Dean; England
Grid reference	SO726161
Platforms	4
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 June 1855	Station opens
2 November 1964	Station closes

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Gloucester–Newport line

Legend

Cross Country Route

Gloucester

River Severn

Ledbury and Gloucester Railway

Oakle Street

Grange Court

Hereford, Ross & Gloucester Rly

Westbury-on-Severn Halt

Newnham

Ruddle Road Halt

Forest of Dean Railway

Awre for Blakeney

Forest of Dean Central Railway

Gatcombe

Severn Railway Bridge

Severn Bridge

Sharpness branch line

Lydney Junction │ Lydney

Lydney Harbour Branch

Dean Forest Railway

(Severn and Wye Railway)

Woolaston

Wye Valley Railway

Tutshill for Beachley Halt

Chepstow East

Chepstow Railway Bridge

over River Wye

England

Wales

Chepstow

M48 motorway

across Severn Bridge

Bristol & South Wales Union Rly

Portskewett (1863–1964)

("Portskewett Junction" 1863–1886)

Portskewett

(1850–1863)

South Wales Main Line

via Severn Tunnel

Sudbrook Tunnel Pumps

Caerwent Training Area

Caldicot

Severn Tunnel Junction

M4 motorway

Undy Halt

Magor

Llanwern steelworks

Llanwern

Uskmouth Power Station

Welsh Marches line

River Usk

Monmouthshire Railway

Newport

South Wales Main Line

Hereford, Ross
and Gloucester Railway

Legend

Welsh Marches line (S&HR)

Cotswold Line (OW&WR)

Hereford, Hay & Brecon Rly

Hereford Barrs Court

Hereford Barton

River Wye

Rotherwas Junction

ROF Rotherwas

Welsh Marches line NA&HR)

Dinedor tunnel

Holme Lacy

Ballingham tunnel

Ballingham

Ballingham Bridge

across the River Wye

Fawley Tunnel

Ross and Monmouth Railway

Weston under Penyard Halt

Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean

Lea Line tunnel

Gloucester–Newport line (SWR)

Grange Court

Grange Court Junction

Gloucester–Newport line (G&DFR)

Grange Court railway station was a junction station on the South Wales Railway in Gloucestershire (on the present day Gloucester to Newport Line) where it met the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway.

History

Opened on 1 June 1855 by the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway the station was taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1862 and then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. Despite a local campaign to save the station led by West Gloucestershire MP Charles Loughlin^[1] the station was closed after the last train on 31 October 1964.^[2]

The station has now been demolished.

Station layout

The station consisted of four platforms, two on the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway and the other two on the Gloucester to Newport Line. There was a shelter on each platform and platform one (the up platform on the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway) had a stone station building with a cafe and booking office etc. There was a footbridge across the station, signal box, sidings and a small goods yard.^[3]

References

^ The Citizen, 21 October 1964
^ The Citizen, 31 October 1964
^ "Grange Court Junction: A visual history". Archived from the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2012.

External links

Grange Court on navigable 1946 O. S. map

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Oakle Street Line open station closed		Great Western Railway South Wales Railway		Westbury-on-Severn Halt
Oakle Street Line open station closed		Great Western Railway Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway		Blaisdon Halt Line and station closed

51°50′35″N 2°23′57″W / 51.8431°N 2.3992°W / 51.8431; -2.3992

[1] The Citizen, 21 October 1964

[2] The Citizen, 31 October 1964

[3] "Grange Court Junction: A visual history". Archived from the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2012.

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+{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
-|name        = Grange Court
+{{Use British English|date=May 2017}}
-|image_name  =Grange Court Junction.jpg
+{{Infobox station
-|caption     =Grange Court station as it appears today, the tracks are still connected to the main line but the platforms have been removed.
-|locale      = [[Ross-on-Wye]]
+| name                = Grange Court
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-|line        = [[Hereford, Ross & Gloucester Railway]]
+| caption             = Grange Court station as it appears today but the platforms have been removed.
-|manager     =
+| borough             = [[Northwood Green]], [[Forest of Dean District|Forest of Dean]]
-|owner       = [[Great Western Railway]]
+| country             = England
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+| pregroup            = [[Great Western Railway]]
-|years1      = 31 October 1964
+| postgroup           = Great Western Railway
-|events1     = Station closes
+| years               = 1 June 1855
+| events              = Station opens
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 }}
 {{Gloucester to Newport Line|collapse=yes}}{{Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway|collapse=yes}}
-'''Grange Court railway station''' was a [[junction station]] in [[Gloucestershire]] on the [[Gloucester to Newport Line]] where it met the [[Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway]].
+'''Grange Court railway station''' was a [[junction station]] on the [[South Wales Railway]] in [[Gloucestershire]] (on the present day [[Gloucester to Newport Line]]) where it met the [[Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway]].
 ==History==
-Opened on 1 June 1855 by the [[Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway]] the station was taken over by the [[Great Western Railway]] in 1862 and then passed on to the [[Western Region of British Railways]] on [[nationalisation]] in 1948. Despite a local campaign to save the station led by [[West Gloucestershire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Gloucestershire]] MP [[Charles Loughlin]]<ref>Gloucester Citizen, 21 October 1964</ref> the station was closed on 31 October 1964.<ref>Gloucester Citizen, 31 October 1964</ref>
+Opened on 1 June 1855 by the [[Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway]] the station was taken over by the [[Great Western Railway]] in 1862 and then passed on to the [[Western Region of British Railways]] on [[nationalisation]] in 1948. Despite a local campaign to save the station led by [[West Gloucestershire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Gloucestershire]] MP [[Charles Loughlin]]<ref>[[The Citizen (Gloucester)|The Citizen]], 21 October 1964</ref> the station was closed after the last train on 31 October 1964.<ref>The Citizen, 31 October 1964</ref>
-Though the actual junction remains connected to the main line, the station has now been demolished.
+The station has now been demolished.
 ==Station layout==
-The station consisted of four platforms, two on the [[Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway]] and the other two on the [[Gloucester to Newport Line]]. There was a shelter on each platform and platform one (the up platform on the [[Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway]]) had a stone station building with a cafe and booking office etc. There was a footbridge across the station, signal box, sidings and a small goods yard.<ref>http://www.grangecourtjunction.org.uk/pages/50sand60s.htm</ref>
+The station consisted of four platforms, two on the [[Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway]] and the other two on the [[Gloucester to Newport Line]]. There was a shelter on each platform and platform one (the up platform on the [[Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway]]) had a stone station building with a cafe and booking office etc. There was a footbridge across the station, signal box, sidings and a small goods yard.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.grangecourtjunction.co.uk/ |title=Grange Court Junction: A visual history |access-date=29 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126112044/http://www.grangecourtjunction.co.uk/ |archive-date=26 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 ==References==
 {{reflist}}
+==Further reading==
+*{{cite book|title=Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye|first1=Vic|last1=Mitchell|first2=Keith|last2=Smith|at=figs. 62-66|publisher=Middleton Press|year=2008|isbn=9781906008307|oclc=370350430}}
 ==External links==
-* [http://www.grangecourtjunction.org.uk/pages/19thc.htm Grange Court website]
 * [http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#371,216,1 Grange Court on navigable 1946 O. S. map]
 {{Historical Rail Start}}
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+{{rail line one to two|previous=[[Oakle Street railway station|Oakle Street]]<br /><small>Line open station closed</small>|next1=[[Westbury-on-Severn Halt railway station|Westbury-on-Severn Halt]]|next2=[[Blaisdon Halt railway station|Blaisdon Halt]]<br /><small>Line and station closed</small> |route1=[[Great Western Railway]]<br />[[South Wales Railway]] |route2=[[Great Western Railway]]<br /><small>[[Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway]]</small> |col={{GWR colour}} |lightcol={{temporary rail colour|e5e4e6}} }}
-{{end box}}
+{{s-end}}
 {{Closed stations Gloucestershire West}}
-{{Coord|51.84336|-2.39913|type:landmark_region:GB_source:npemap.org.uk-enwiki|display=title}}
+{{Coord|51.8431|-2.3992|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=title}}
+{{Transport in Gloucestershire}}
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Grange Court Railway Station}}
 [[Category:Disused railway stations in Gloucestershire]]
 [[Category:Former Great Western Railway stations]]
-[[Category:Railway stations closed in 1965]]
+[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964]]
-[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1855]]
+[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1855]]
 [[Category:Beeching closures in England]]
+[[Category:1855 establishments in England]]
-{{SouthWestEngland-railstation-stub}}

v t e Closed railway stations in western Gloucestershire
South Wales Railway	Oakle Street Grange Court Westbury-on-Severn Halt Newnham Ruddle Road Halt Bullo Pill Awre for Blakeney Gatcombe (Purton Passage) Woolaston Tutshill for Beachley Halt Chepstow East
Ledbury and Gloucester Railway	Barber's Bridge Malswick Halt Newent Four Oaks Halt Dymock Greenway Halt
Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway	Hopesbrook Longhope Blaisdon Halt
Ross and Monmouth Railway	Lydbrook Junction
Coleford Railway	Newland Coleford (CR)
Wye Valley Railway	Redbrook on Wye Netherhope Halt Tidenham
GWR Forest of Dean Branch	Bullo Cross Halt Upper Soudley Halt Staple Edge Halt Ruspidge Halt Bilson Halt Whimsey Halt Steam Mills Crossing Halt Nailbridge Halt Drybrook Halt
Severn and Wye Railway	Coleford Junction Platform Milkwall Coleford (S&WR) Speech House Road Serridge Platform Drybrook Road Upper Lydbrook Lower Lydbrook Bilson Road Platform Cinderford Cinderford New
Severn Bridge Railway	Severn Bridge for Blakeney